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Why Your Glutes Aren’t Growing (And What to Do About It)
Why Your Glutes Aren’t Growing (And What to Do About It)

If you’ve been training your glutes and not seeing the results you expected, you’re not alone. The glutes are the largest, strongest muscle group in the body, and it’s easy to take them for granted. But here’s the deal. They need more attention.

They don’t grow just because you want them to. That would be too easy. You might already be doing a lot, or so it would seem. But it’s not that easy. It comes down to nine easy-to-make oversights that could mean the difference between just having leg tops or actually having a backside.

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butt stuff, Glutes, nutrition, stress, stress management, supplements, weight training, workoutsGary Berglundglutes, glute exercises, weight lifting, weights, weights tips, supplements
What’s Killing Your Glute Gains: The 3 Mistakes Holding Your Backside Back
What’s Killing Your Glute Gains: The 3 Mistakes Holding Your Backside Back

If you’ve been training your glutes and not seeing the results you expected, you’re not alone. Most people think they’re doing everything right — but the glutes are stubborn, and they don’t grow just because you’re showing up. They grow when you consistently give them the right stimulus, the right fuel, and the right recovery.

After coaching hundreds of clients and building glute‑focused programs myself, I can tell you this: almost every stalled glute transformation comes down to three core mistakes. Fix these, and your progress should take off.

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butt stuff, Glutes, weight training, workoutsGary Berglundglutes, glute exercises, creatine, protein, protein powder, whey, whey protein, weight lifting, weights, weights tips, tempo, lifting tempo
Glute Boot Camp: The 5 Exercises You Need to Be Doing for a Stronger Butt
Glute Boot Camp: The 5 Exercises You Need to Be Doing for a Stronger Butt

There’s a lot of buzz about glutes these days, with some of the top search keywords on Google being “Ozempic Butt” and “Dead Butt Syndrome.” With so many people losing weight on GLP‑1 medications, it’s no surprise. A common side effect of rapid weight loss is losing muscle along with fat, which means plenty of people reach their goal weight only to realize their butt disappeared in the process.

If you’re looking for ways to rebuild or grow your backside, this post is for you. I’m breaking down the five most effective glute‑building exercises and calling out one super‑popular move that people swear is a butt‑builder…but doesn’t actually grow your glutes at all.

To keep things accessible, I’m focusing on bodyweight versions and showing you how to use tempo to make them far more effective. One of the biggest misconceptions out there is that bodyweight exercises can’t build muscle. That’s not necessarily true.

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butt stuff, weight training, workoutsGary Berglundglutes, glute exercises, weight lifting, weights, Ozempic, GLP-1s, glp-1, GLP-1, weights tips, workout tips
Lifting Tempos: How to Move Weights Better and Get More Out of Strength Training
Lifting Tempos: How to Move Weights Better and Get More Out of Strength Training

Anyone who is even mildly interested in fitness has probably seen a gym fail video or two. If you haven’t, let me tell you what you’re missing. Imagine a montage of video clips showing people flailing around with a set of dumbbells, lifting too much weight with bad form, or just convulsing on a machine that wasn’t supposed to be used that way. Some of them are pretty hilarious, but a lot of them show people getting injured. The first few times I saw one, I thought it was pretty funny, but now I just find them a little bit mean and sad.

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weight training, workoutsGary Berglundweight lifting, tempo, lifting tempo, strength trainining, weights, weights tips, workout tips